The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-04
OIL BELOW THE STANDARD
Inspector Hagen Is Charged by Form
er Deputy with Violating the Law.
He Retaliates by Saying that His Accuser Is
Suspected of Being Friendly tothe
Standard Oil Company.

point in the larger cities and towns, but large
amount of oil was Ghippej from Cincinnati and
Cleveland to the smaller Indiana towns, of
which the deputy Inspectors had no cognizance
The oil in such instances went direct from the
Ohio shipping points TO its destination in this
State after being inspected by the Ohio inspect
ors on the authority of Hagen. On coming
into Office Hagen says he found that his prede-
cessor had given the Ohio inspectors at Cincin-
natl and Cleveland full powers as his de puties,
and that all barrels OF oil coming
into Indiana were marked inspected
by them. It appeared to him that this was not
strictly according to law. and on consulting At
torney general Hord he obtain ed opinion that
no nonresident could act dep utv for an In
diana State officer. Il would not pay. Mr.
Hagen thought, to send men from this State to
act as his deputies in Cincinnati and Cleveland
Even if it could be DONE they would be ham,
pered by want of knowledge concerning the oil
business in those cities. LAS way ont of the
difficulty" said he, for it is alb
solutely necessary to have Indiana oil
inspectors in those towns. l appointed
Joseph 3hinock at Cincinnati, and F. W. Green
at Cleveland, as my assistants, to make all in
spections of oil for Indiana in my name. In
this State my deputies uss their own name for
making inspections. While can appoint and
remove them, there my control over them ends
Their responsibility is directly to the State. to
whom their bonds given, ana not to nee.
Rhinock and Green. however, have given bonds
to me, and act purely my assistants"
Rhinock and Green also oil inspectors for
Ohio, under appointment OF the Governor of
that State. Both are Republicans. the latter
being the chairman of the Republican executive
committee of Cuyahoga county. 1t is said their
- &C. tato
officer of Indiana has caused considerable fric-
tion in the party in this State, the matter being
made of frequent complaint to the Governor
against Hagen. But" said that officer yester-
day, Governor Gray has sustained me in what
have done Notwithstanding appeals to the con-
trary from even United States Senators. Tho
Governor told me knew what was best for the
oil inspection service, and did not seek to inter
fere with the arrangements l had made"
Among Mr.. Hagen's Indiana deputies was W.
4. Young at Richmond He was recently
moved and H Moor man succeeded him. In his
letter making this change Mr.. Hagen wrote to
Young as follows: The reasons for your remov-
al are first your conduct last June toward me,
your superior officer; second, negligence IN
office, for the very oil / re inspected at Rich
| mond aud rejected you approved after it
moved to tho Consolidated Tank-line Company
You also neglect your duty in not testing the oil
required by law Last but not least,
| you allow The tnnk-line folks to your brand
of approval without knowing positively what the
barrels filed with If you had acted as
centlem an when in your opinion. there a
wrong in inspection made by one of my as
sistants, l might have corrected you in some 9TH
er way than by removal, but l prefer to have
my subordinates work tremendously with me,
and that they shall be gentlemen and not try to
| undermine their superior by false innuendoes
This letter written dav or two prior to
| Oct 90, under which date Young replied to
Hagen. 81 have received your lying charges.
he wrote land defy you TO prove them. shall
han 0var n MnOrmRn office
by when he is ready to receive 1t. and will
then turn your carcass over to the Hon. Dudley
gotty butter business, with the assist
| ance of Atttorney-gensral Kitchener. 1
will leave you in their brace, and II violation
| of law viii put you out, why out you shall go.
| You will also have an opportunity to explain
what you meant in yorr other letter by impli-
| eating the Governor. l can't say that was sur
| pr:sed at your action, as know that you have
| been hunting IN some prete1t to get in your
| work. and if you think | have been idle will
apology to offer, and l leave the Office feeling
| have done my whole duty Ia ia, until we meet
| again"
In explaining the violation of law referred to in
| his letter, Young SAYS that n large consignment
| of oil came into Richmond on the Goth of May
last bearing the official brand of State Inspector
| Hagen. 1t was shipped from Cincinnati. 81
| took il upon myself" continued Young. ito
test that oil. as 1t was in my district. l found
| it to be l07o instead of 120 the La
| quires. ] directly to Indianapolis to see
! Mr. Hagen. bur, hs being out of the city. went
| TO Gov. Gray When Hagen returned the
| Governor told him of my visit and state
! rnent He then came to Richmond, and, without
notifying calling me. tested the oil,
marked three of .the barrels rejected daubed
out the brand on the rest, except Six barrels
| on which had been wear, and sent the rest
| back to Cincinnati. Hagen then wrote me
letter. stating that he knew my motive in going
| to the Governor, and that the latter had told
| him all said He advised me it l did not know
the law go to a lawyer and not to the Gov
ernor. He said had not lived up TO the law
l TbaN do
| or suffer the consequences. Rninock,
| of Cincinnati, afterwards came and ad-
mi;ted that he was in the employ of the Stand
/ ard Oil Company, which had bought ont the
| Monarch COMPANY, the consignee of the reject
ed oil, which came to Richmond bearing Hagens
brand of approval Rhinock told me that he
| had put Hagen's brand on the barrels"
Mr.. Hagen in regard to this special in
r spec.ion: ~ had received several requests from
| small dealers refiners in Cincinnati to have
| their oil for Richmond inspected by my assist
| ant, Rhinock They said that Young was favor
able to the Standard Oil COMPANY. After that
| Rhiuock made an inspection tor Richmond, and
| Young grumbled because he could not get the
fees. Within short time second Shipment,
on a like inspection, was made to the
same point, and Young recently made a test of
one barrel which he found to be half degree
| short Instead of coming to me he went to the
Governor went to richmond and found all
except eight of the sixty-fve barrels, the amonnt
of the shipment, straight rejected the eight
barrels, although there not one of them
that would have failed to pass inspection under
other circumstances. as they fell only a
half degree below the standard.
Here ia affidavit from Rhinock
regarding that same oil. He swears that he
found it all inspection to be 1902 fash and l40o
! fine. The oil, no doubt. had been tsmpered
with after it was inspected, but by whom l do
not know. This could De easily done by taking
out better grade of oil and substituting a
| lower. The rejected oil was sent TO the Con-
solidated Tank Line. aud Young afterwards ap-
proved Of it under his own brand. L did not
want to appoint that man as my deputy, Tor
knew him TO be pot-house poiltielan The
| Democrats in Richmond preferred Moorman.
whom had decided to appoint. but Young was
| in a degree forced me-"
In regard to Rhinock and Green, they in
spected last wear % IG6 barrels of oil for Indi.
ana. 10 log at Cincinnati and tho rest at Cleve
| land. This is said to be physical inpossibili
ty but Mr. Hagen believes it can be done.
During the eleven months of this year the Gin